On Nov. 25, when I heard the news of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s death, I did not feel any sense of sadness, relief or joy. Instead, as a daughter of Cuban exiles, I experienced a mix of all those emotions.
Children of Cuban exiles – the diaspora community of Cubans that left the island after Castro’s 1959 revolution – have...
AIDS march in Los Angeles. Carlos Delgado/APToday is World AIDS Day. More than three decades after the virus was first discovered, 5,753 people will become HIV infected today.
About the same number will become infected tomorrow, and the same number the day after that. While it is true that two-thirds of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan...
Read more: After decades of research, why is AIDS still rampant?
Micro changes have macro results.Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, CC BY-NCWe’ve known that bacteria live in our intestines as far back as the 1680s, when Leeuwenhoek first looked through his microscope. Yogurt companies use that information in the sales pitch for their product, claiming it...
In a political coup, President-elect Donald Trump says that his transition team has struck a deal with Carrier’s Indianapolis plant to keep 1,000 jobs in the state.
Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state.We will keep our companies and jobs in the U.S. Thanks Carrier
— Donald J. Trump...
NASA Earth Science Division operating missions, including systems managed by NOAA and USGSNASA Earth Observing SystemDonald Trump’s election is generating much speculation about how his administration may or may not reshape the federal government. On space issues, a senior Trump advisor, former Pennsylvania Rep. Bob Walker, has called for...
Read more: Eyes in the sky: Cutting NASA Earth observations would be a costly mistake
A discipline neither good nor evil.Saturday Evening Post/Harris A. EwingWhat could once only be imagined in science fiction is now increasingly coming to fruition: Drones can be flown by human brains’ thoughts. Pharmaceuticals can help soldiers forget traumatic experiences or produce feelings of trust to encourage confession in interrogation....
Read more: Neuroscience hasn't been weaponized – it's been a tool of war from the start
What President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican sweep of government will mean for K-12 education priorities over the next four years is not entirely clear yet. However, policy statements and administration selections so far indicate “school choice” will top the agenda.
Betsy DeVos, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, has...
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Observers continue to draw parallels between President-elect Donald Trump and the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. But the similarities – narcissism, opportunism, authoritarianism – coexist with sharp differences. One came from a working-class, socialistic background and saw himself as an intellectual and an ideologue. The...
Read more: Donald Trump is no Mussolini, but liberal democracy could still be in danger
Male couple holding hands. Eric Gay/APIn a relationship there are myriad issues to manage. Who walks the dog? Does his mother like me? Whom are we supporting to win RuPaul’s “Drag Race All Stars 2”? But there is one issue that can often be harder to manage – how do we as a couple deal with HIV?
Gay men and other men who have...
Read more: Why male couples should think about HIV in their relationships
When immigration officers forcibly remove individuals from their homes, it impacts the psychological, emotional and economic well-being of their families and communities.
President-elect Donald Trump stated throughout his campaign that he wanted to leverage a “deportation force” to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants currently...
Read more: How Trump's immigration enforcement could affect families and communities
